Category: Hobbies
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Review: Small Things Like These
A short but deeply moving story about compassion, silence, and the quiet bravery found in everyday life in small-town Ireland.
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My Day at Helsinki Book Fair 2025 in Messukeskus
My experience at Helsinki Book Fair 2025: wandering through books, art and creative booths, with an escape to the Food & Wine Fair.
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Writers Whose Words I’ll Never Get Tired Of
These are my favorite authors who inspire my reading, writers whose names alone make me fall in love with their words all over again.
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Review: Beartown
Beartown is a great novel that exposes the silent pressures of a small town, revealing hard truths about ambition, loyalty, and community.
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Review: James
A story where language becomes an act of rebellion. James is about freedom, literacy, and survival, and it leaves a lasting impact.
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Why I Don’t Use a Reading Journal (Yet)
I love notebooks, but reading journals never work for me. Here’s why none fit my reading style and what I use instead.
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Review: The Trial
The Trial by Franz Kafka is about one man’s mysterious arrest as well as a mirror to the systems that still rule our lives.
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2025 Reading Exploration: Highlights from a Year of Words
A personal reflection on my 2025 reading journey, from discovering poetry to falling in love with memoirs, classics, and Backman’s fiction.
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Review: Anxious People
Can a hostage drama make you laugh, cry, and reflect on life all at once? Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People proves it can.
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Review: Orbital
In Orbital, Samantha Harvey writes about our planet, human anxiety, and the unstoppable passage of time. Each page feels timeless.
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Journaling My Way Through Hobonichi Confusion
I’m torn about my next Hobonichi setup for 2026. See how writing through my planner doubts turns confusion into clarity.
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Falling in Love with Fredrik Backman’s Writing Through My Friends
From watching A Man Called Otto on a flight to reading My Friends, I share my first experience with Fredrik Backman’s writing.
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What Fahrenheit 451 Teaches Us About Freedom and Modern Life
What makes Fahrenheit 451 a must-read classic for our times? The story of burning books reveals truths that still echo in today’s world.
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God Forbid a Girl Build a Personal Library
Constant moves meant no library of my own. But in my new apartment, I finally carved out a cozy reading corner.
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Hobonichi Wishlist: What I Love, Need, and Haven’t Decided
My 8-month review of the Hobonichi Weeks Mega: what worked, what didn’t, and what I’m considering for my next Hobonichi planner.
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Why I Added a Fiction Category to My Nonfiction Book Blog
I started this blog for nonfiction books but something changed along the way. This is why I added a fiction section in this book blog.
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How Classic Fiction Helped My Reading Burnout
I read nonfiction nonstop until it started making me anxious and burned out. Here’s how fiction classics helped me find calm and comfort.
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Review and Quotes: Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis hit me differently every time I read it. Here’s how it made me reflect on change, worth, and being human.
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Bookstore Hopping in Tallinn, Estonia
Bookstore hopping in Tallinn with cozy shops, affordable finds, and places worth the trip from Helsinki. Here’s what I discovered!
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Review and Quotes: The Outsider (The Stranger)
Here, I’m sharing my thoughts and favorite quotes from Albert Camus’ The Outsider (also called The Stranger).
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How I Pick Books to Read
I used to trust book ratings. Now I’ve found a more personal way. Here’s how I choose a book to read based on something deeper than stars.
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What’s In My Stationery Pouch
Love journaling or planning on the go? Take a peek inside my stationery pouch and find out the notebooks and tools I carry every day.
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The Emotional Cost of Being a Reader
How reading fiction and nonfiction builds empathy, and sometimes, a quiet kind of loneliness in a disconnected world.
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Best Books I’ve Read in 2025 (So Far!)
Here’s a list of the best books I’ve read in 2025 so far that I couldn’t put down, and felt a little sad to leave behind when they ended.
